Results 1-10 of 10 for destroyed speaker:Lorraine Higgins

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Lorraine Higgins: ...at the moment for none more so than people living in east Galway who have been subjected to such an unmitigated disaster in recent days with the flooding. It is clear that families' lives are being destroyed along the Dunkellin river and the Aggard stream all because we are awaiting a decision on planning for flood relief works to be carried out on the rivers. I visited Craughwell and...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Lorraine Higgins: -----we will contribute to bigger flooding issues in the future. The situation is much the same with the River Clarin in Athenry which burst its banks for the same reason and destroyed several homes in the Caheroyan area. While I have no intention of interfering with the planning process, I call for a little bit of reality to attach to proposals to deal with flooding in south Galway. We...

Seanad: Situation in Middle East and Ukraine: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Lorraine Higgins: ...election in October. Since February of this year, Ukrainian citizens have experienced a protracted crisis in which many people have been killed or displaced and had their homes and livelihoods destroyed. There is no doubt that today is a very important step towards the reassertion of peace and stability in the region. While the Ukrainian conflict may not dominate the headlines in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Lorraine Higgins: ...consumers. Having heard at first hand a number of my constituents' experiences, I have discovered that they have found themselves in a grossly unfair position in finding that their cars have been destroyed through no fault of their own. The insurance companies are not stepping up to the plate, but the State also has a role to play in tackling the issue of petrol stretching and its...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (16 Jan 2014)

Lorraine Higgins: ...over the past two weeks. They are genuinely fearful of the capacity of the weather to cause flood waters similar to the disastrous levels seen in south Galway in particular in November 2009, which destroyed parts of the county and caused much pain and anguish for families living in the affected areas. It was so bad last week that thousands of acres of farmland were under water in the...

Seanad: Statistics (Heritage Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Oct 2013)

Lorraine Higgins: ...was no census in Ireland in 1921. There is a further dearth of census information for the 19th century because the census returns of 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851 were in the Public Records Office when it was destroyed by fire and explosions in 1922. Hardly any of those records survive today. To add to this sorry episode in our genealogical history, the census returns of 1861, 1871, 1881...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)

Lorraine Higgins: ...that the ordinary householders of Ireland are now being forced to pay over in property taxes. If the Minister for Finance is considering this measure, I ask him to ensure that the developers who destroyed this country do not benefit from it. Only tradesmen and small local contractors who are in good standing with the Revenue Commissioners, NAMA and the local authorities should benefit...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Lorraine Higgins: ...as a result of debts they have accrued. The banks and creditors have a right to go to court and secure judgments against people who cannot pay their debts. However, they do not have a right to destroy the lives of people and their families every day by exerting pressure. We seem to be shy about enforcing the law in Ireland. It was heartening to read how the Royal Bank of Scotland in...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Lorraine Higgins: .... Someone, somewhere, in this scandal is guilty of this. It is clear that the effort to provide food on the cheap by unscrupulous processors has backfired spectacularly. What has happened has destroyed the beef industry and it is clear that our reputation is in tatters. We have tried painstakingly to build a reputation during the years. It is necessary for the Minister for...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Lorraine Higgins: ...such as the incest scandals which wracked the west in recent years, particularly the Sligo and Roscommon cases, will be ameliorated if not avoided. The lives of the children in these cases were destroyed by the actions of one or other parent and the inaction of the State. Moreover, the cases that have come to our attention are undoubtedly a mere drop in the ocean - I am sure there are...